James Wesley had the ability to make a man into a king, but he did not have the wider vision to be a king himself.

Born to a good family, he'd always had the advantage - schooling, clothes, and the right contacts, but he was lacking that inner spark of creativity that would allow him to rise above so many other well-dressed, well-education young men of his day. He knew it, and was smart enough to cultivate the right friends.

Wilson Fisk had the ability to be a king, if only he had the right man to make the introductions.

Born low, with hand-me-down clothes, a public school education, and neighbors who refused to lift a hand to help him, or his mother, against Jim Fisk, he lacked the connections, but not the vision, he needed to be someone who could change Hell's Kitchen forever.

Together, they were invincible - or so they thought.